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For the Virginia radio station that used the WXRI call letters during the 1980s, see WMOV-FM. Radio station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
WXRI (Joy FM)
Broadcast areaPiedmont Triad
Frequency91.3 MHz
BrandingJoy FM Real Music
Programming
FormatSouthern Gospel
AffiliationsSalem Communications
Ownership
OwnerPositive Alternative Radio
Sister stationsWJYJ, WTTX-FM, WTJY
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID53100
ClassC2
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT66.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates36°8′6.00″N 80°30′14.00″W / 36.1350000°N 80.5038889°W / 36.1350000; -80.5038889
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
WebsiteOfficial website

WXRI (91.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel format. Licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Piedmont Triad area. The station is currently owned by Positive Alternative Radio and features programming from Salem Communications.

It is the flagship station of a network of full-power stations and translators, spilling into parts of six radio markets in four states—the Triad, Charlotte, Roanoke/Lynchburg, the Tri-Cities, Southside Virginia, Harrisonburg/Staunton. The full-power satellites include WTJY 89.5 FM in Asheboro, North Carolina, WJYJ 88.1 FM in Hickory, North Carolina, WTTX-FM in Appomattox, Virginia, WRFE in Chesterfield, South Carolina and WODY in Martinsville, Virginia. Collectively, these stations are known as "Joy FM. Real Music. Real Life."

History

In Spring 1997, WXRI signed on in East Bend, playing such artists as The Perrys and The Gaithers.

In 1999 and 2000, Joy FM of Winston-Salem, also heard on WPIR in 1999 and WTJY by 2000, was named National Southern Gospel Station of the Year by the Southern Gospel Music Association.

In 2010, The Gospel Music Association presented Joy FM with Radio Station of the Year at the Dove Awards, held at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN.

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WXRI (Joy FM)". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WXRI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "WXRI Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. Todd Lotz, "Where to Find the Best in Christian Music," Greensboro News & Record, January 15, 1998.
  5. "Business Milestones," Winston-Salem Journal, June 7, 1999.
  6. "Business Milestones," Winston-Salem Journal, June 5, 2000.

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See also
List of radio stations in North Carolina


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